Raquel and her international adventure

Raquel is collaborating with Nexes, she started with the
association as participant. Now she is contributing to spread her
international experience, through the Mob Gae project. She
says:

"Environmentally friendly was a long-term project about
environment and education with 3 mobility activities to Lithuania
(training course), Vietnam (Youth exchange) and Germany (evaluation
seminar) and local activities.

In this project I was offered to be the youth leader. Since I
was active in the local and international field, this was a great
opportunity to learn and develop and a big challenge for me.

In the international field, we met people from Europe and Asia.
We found our similarities and differences. Especially when it came
the concept of non-formal education; Europeans had similar
approaches, while Asian had to make a special effort to understand
it. Non formal education is being supported a lot in Europe,
through European and national programs, and it's also part of our
culture in a way. That's why I felt we Europeans, even if we are
very different, we are very much alike.

In the local field we met and discovered collectives and
associations working in the topic we had chosen: food waste. We
made many activities: workshops, conferences, cons tests and the
production of a calendar.

Participating in international projects gave me the opportunity
to grow, learn and develop myself in the professional and personal
sphere. I could see it in myself and all the young people who have
participated in any international project : they are experiences
that change us".